The Meaning Toolbox Expresses feelings and experiences through visual and sensory (smell, hearing, taste, feel) tools. Also includes revision/drafting tools
The Meaning ToolboxExpresses feelings and experiences through
visual and sensory (smell, hearing, taste, feel) tools. Also includes revision/drafting tools
Nothing Gold Can StayBY ROBERT FROST
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold, Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
ImageA picture in your mind that holds feelings,
memories, ideas, or inspiration. Poetry is often about letting these
WordsWords are the power to make something
happen. Well chosen and powerful words can make
ObservationUsing your senses to notice the details
Line - BreakAn unnatural break added to a complete
sentence
Example of Line BreaksPorch LightBY DEBROAH
CHANDRA At nightthe porch lightcatches mothsand holds themtrapped and flappingin a tightyellow fist.Only when I turn the switchwill it loosenits hotgrip.
First sentence ends here
Second sentence ends here
TitlesThe name of a poem. The title gives a
reader his/her first impression of the poem.
CookiesVs.
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Beginnings/EndingsThe entrance and exit of a poem. Just as
important as introductions and conclusions in essay writing
SimileThe comparison of two unlike things using
“like” or “as”
PersonificationTo give human characteristics or traits to
nonliving things
MetaphorFigure of speech meaning the comparison
of two unlike things
A box without hinges, key, or lid,
yet golden treasure inside is hid.
From The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Metaphor Guessing Game
____________________ by Philip Dacey
The odd, friendless boy raised by four aunts.
Answer: Thumb
Metaphor Guessing Game
____________________ by Charles Simic
Green BuddhasOn the fruit stand.We eat the smileAnd spit out the teeth.
Answer: Watermelon
Metaphor Guessing Game____________________ by Valerie Worth
Out ofGreen space,A sun:Bright for.A day, burningAway to A husk, aCratered moon:
Burst In a weekTo dust:Seeding The InfiniteLawn withIts starrySmithereens
Answer: Dandelions